Insights
Insights
Monocular Mount Kilimanjaro Climb: Scaling the world’s highest free-standing peak – but why?
Reflecting on my Monocular Mount Kilimanjaro climb
What’s it like to have a prosthetic eye? And how does it work, anyway?
Eye see: an acrylic prosthetic shell
Playing my part in “Cancer Can Do One!”
Tessa on the ‘Cancer Can Do One!’ podcast
Two-faced: Looking at my (different) identity after eye surgery
It took me days to look in the mirror after having an eye entirely removed. Could you imagine? How would you feel? I went into hospital with two…
Living with a rare cancer: Why should I have less chance of survival?
Rare cancers are, by definition, unusual. But living with one feels completely universal – the fear, the uncertainty, the fight to reclaim your life. My journey with ocular…
A monocular view of life – on World Sight Day
My alarm went off at 4am, but I didn’t sleep a wink anyway. It was perhaps the most nerve-racking night of my life, awaiting eye ‘enucleation’ – a…
My Story on The Eye Believe Podcast
How do I feel 904 days after my midlife eye cancer diagnosis?
Here I talk about my unexpected feelings two and a half years after I was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, forcing me to have my left eye removed, suddenly.…
Who am I and why do I see life clearly – now I have just one eye?
Welcome to my ‘views’ (pardon the pun). Here I will house my musings on all things eye related. As any good communicator knows, it’s best to go back…